Blue States Bash Trump’s Infrastructure Plans

Less than 24 hours after President Trump unveiled his 10-year infrastructure plan, the first criticism has been penned, mostly from blue states who feel disfavored by the document’s focus on one-quarter of the $200 billion in actual federal investment going to rural areas.

Mr Trump tweeted this morning: “Our infrastructure plan has been put forward and has received great reviews by everyone except, of course, the Democrats.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our infrastructure plan has been put forward and has received great reviews by everyone except, of course, the Democrats. After many years we have taken care of our Military, now we have to fix our roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and more. Bipartisan, make deal Dems?</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/963362959463469058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2018</a></blockquote>

Trump's plan, as was to be expected, favors his base located in rural and small-town America, where some two thirds of voters chose him in 2016 over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Thanks largely to a campaign of promising improving job prospects for the parts of the country where they have been dim, it is now time that he repays those states with some major infrastructure investment of course.